Editor’s note: This report is based on information submitted by the Oregon State Police. All crashes with fatalities may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation.
THURSDAY, FEB. 6
• 6:44 pa.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 north of Wilsonville that took the life of Aleksandr Vasilevich Yevtushok, 57, of Boring. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Yevtushok was driving a Toyota Tundra south on I-5 when he rear-ended a semi-truck operated by a 55-year-old Salem man. Yevtushok was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries and later died. The truck driver was not injured.
TUESDAY, FEB. 11
• 12:39 p.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 22 about 9 miles west of Detroit in Marion County that took the life of Phillip Craig Tramontana, 72, of Idanha. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Tramontana was driving west in a Ford Ranger and attempted to pass several vehicles in the eastbound lane. He was unable to return to the westbound lane before reaching a Subaru Outback, driven by a 20-year-old Logan, Utah, man. Both vehicles swerved into a gravel area on the south side of the highway and collided head-on. Tramontana was declared deceased at the scene. The Subaru’s driver was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
• 2:22 p.m. — Troopers responded to a three-vehicle crash on Highway 395 near Hermiston that took the life of Hector Singleterry, 62, of Hermiston. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Singleterry was driving south in a Ford Ranger when the vehicle gradually crossed a special turn lane and into the northbound travel lanes before going off the highway and collided with an unoccupied Chevrolet Express van, which was forced into a parked Chevrolet Cobalt with two occupants. Investigators believe Singleterry experienced a medical emergency while driving. CPR was attempted without success and he was declared deceased at the scene. The Cobalt’s occupants were not injured.
• 3:15 p.m. — Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on the Randy Papé Beltline near the Highway 99 off-ramp in Eugene that took the life of Jose Maria Perez Mata, 35, of Eugene. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Perez Mata was driving east in a Toyota Tundra and failed to negotiate the Highway 99 off-ramp. The vehicle made a sudden turning maneuver, which caused the vehicle to cross the off-ramp and roll over, coming to rest on the roadway. Perez Mata was declared deceased at the scene.